11 DE MARÇO DE 1992

426-(47)

and equipment constitute more than 15 % of the number of such conventional armaments and equipment notified in the most recent notification pursuant to the Protocol on Information Exchange; or E) At the declared site which the inspected State Party claims, pursuant to section vn, paragraph 11, subparagraph B), of this Protocol, is the site of origin for battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat helicopters, combat aircraft or armoured vehicle launched bridges at the preceding inspection site which are in excess of the number provided in the most recent notification pursuant to the Protocol on Information Exchange as being present at that preceding inspection site, if such conventional armaments and equipment exceed by 15% the number of such conventional armaments and equipment so notified.

42 — After completion of an inspection at a declared site or within a specified area, if no sequential inspection has been declared, then the inspection team shall be transported to the appropriate point of entry/exit as soon as possible and shall depart the territory of the State Party where the inspection was carried out within 24 hours.

43 — The inspection team shall leave the territory of the State Party where it has been conducting inspections from the same point of entry/exit at which it entered, unless otherwise agreed. If an inspection team chooses to proceed to a point of entry/exit on the territory of another State Party for the purpose of conducting inspections, it shall have the right to do so provided that the inspecting State Party has provided the necessary notification in accordance with section iv, paragraph 1, of this Protocol.

SECTION VII Declared site inspection

1 — Inspection of a declared site pursuant to this Protocol shall not be refused. Such inspections may be delayed only in cases of force majeure or in accordance with section n, paragraphs 7 and 20 to 22, of this Protocol.

2 — Except as provided for in paragraph 3 of this section, an inspection team shall arrive on the territory of the State Party where an inspection is to be carried out through a point of entry/exit associated under section v of the Protocol on Information Exchange with the declared site it plans to designate as the first inspection site pursuant to paragraph 7 of this section.

3 — If an inspecting State Party desires to use a ground border crossing point or seaport as a point of entry/exit and the inspected State Party has not previously notified a ground border crossing point or seaport as a point of entry/exit pursuant to section v of the Protocol on Information Exchange as associated with the declared site the inspecting State Party desires to designate as the first inspection site pursuant to paragraph 7 of this section, the inspecting State Party shall indicate in the notification provided pursuant to section vi, paragraph 2, of this Protocol the desired ground border crossing point or seaport as point of en-

try/exit. The inspected State Party shall indicate in its acknowledgement of receipt of notification, as provided for in section iv, paragraph 4, of this Protocol, whether this point of entry/exit is acceptable or not. In the latter case, the inspected State Party shall notify the inspecting State Party of another point of entry/exit which shall be as near as possible to the desired point of entry/exit and which may be an airport notified pursuant to section v of the Protocol on Information Exchange, a seaport or a ground border crossing point through which the inspection team and transport crew members may arrive on its territory.

4 — If an inspecting State Party notifies its desire to use a ground border crossing point or seaport as a point of entry/exit pursuant to paragraph 3 of this section, it shall determine prior, to such notification that there is reasonable certainty that its inspection team can reach the firts declared site where that State Party desires to carry out an inspection within the time specified in paragraph 8 of this section using ground transportation means.

5 — If an inspection team and transport crew arrive pursuant to paragraph 3 of this section on the territory of the State Party on which an inspection is to be carried out through a point of entry/exit other than a point of entry/exit that was notified pursuant to section v of the Protocol on Information Exchange as being associated with the declared site it desires to designate as the first inspection site, the inspected State Party shall facilitate access to this declared site as expeditiously as possible, but shall be permitted to exceed, if necessary, the time limit specified in paragraph 8 of this section.

6 — The inspected State Party shall have the right to utilise up to six hours after designation of a declared site to prepare for the arrival of the inspection team at that site.

7 — At the number of hours after arrival at the point of entry/exit notified pursuant to section iv, paragrah 2, subparagraph E), of this Protocol, which shall be no less than one hour and no more than 16 hours after arrival at the point of entry/exit, the inspection team shall designate the first declared site to be inspected.

8 — The inspected State Party shall ensure that the inspection team travels to the first declared site by the most expeditious means available and arrives as soon as possible but no later than nine hours after the designation of the site to be inspected, unless otherwise agreed between the inspection team and the escort team, or unless the inspection site is located in mountainous terrain or terrain to which access is difficult. In such case, the inspection team shall be transported to the inspection site no later than 15 hours after designation of that inspection site. Travel time in excess of nine hours shall not count against that inspection team's in-country period.

9 — Immediately upon arrival at the declared site, the inspection team shall be escorted to a briefing facility where it shall be provided with a diagram of the declared site, unless such a diagram has been provided in a previous exchange of site diagrams. The declared site diagram, provided upon arrival at the declared site, shall contain an accurate depiction of the:

A) Geographic coordinates of a point within the inspection site, to the nearest 10 seconds, with indication of that point and of true north;